Académie Moderne

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Académie Moderne
Académie Moderne c. 1924
Former name
Académie Léger–Ozenfant
TypePrivate art school
Established1924 (1924)
FounderFernand Léger,
Amédée Ozenfant
Address
86, rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs
,
Paris
,
France

The Académie Moderne, formerly known as Académie Léger–Ozenfant, was a free art school in Paris. It was founded by Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant in 1924.[1] The school attracted students from Europe and America.[2][3] Both Léger and Ozenfant taught there, along with Aleksandra Ekster, Otte Sköld, and Marie Laurencin.[4][5]

Notable students included Tarsila do Amaral,[6] Florence Henri,[7] Blanche Lazzell,[8] Nadia Khodasevich Léger,[9] and Clay Spohn.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Fernand Léger — the life and art of a Modernist master". Christie's. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Musée d'Art Américain (Giverny) (2003). A Transatlantic Avant-garde: American Artists in Paris, 1918-1939. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24207-4.
  3. ^ A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950. Brill. 2019. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-90-04-38829-1.
  4. ^ "Amédée Ozenfant". Guggenheim. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Otte Sköld". Lexikonett amanda. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  6. ^ Léger, Fernand; Lanchner, Carolyn; Hauptman, Jodi; Affron, Matthew; Museum of Modern Art (1998). Fernand Léger: Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Febr. 15 - May 12, 1998 F Organized by Carolyn Lanchner ; with Essays by Carolyn Lanchner, Jodi Hauptman and Matthew Affron ; and Contrib. by Beth Handler and Kristen Erickson. The Museum of Modern Art. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-87070-052-1.
  7. ^ Du Pont, Diana (1990). Florence Henri: Artist-photographer of the Avant-garde. San Francisco: Museum of Modern Art. p. 129. ISBN 0-918471-17-6.
  8. ^ Doll, Susan M. (2004). "Blanche Lazzell Biography". Blanche Lazzell: The Life and Work of an American Modernist. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-937058-84-X.
  9. ^ "Wanda Chodasiewicz-Grabowska (Nadia Léger)". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  10. ^ Who's Who in American Art. R. R. Bowker LLC. 1976. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-8352-0850-5.


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